Washing machine



March 26, 1935.

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WASHING MACHINE Filed June 14, 1928 5 Shegts-Sheet 5 Patented Mar. 26, 1935 51,995,912 W msmxm MACHINE l Vincent Apple, Daytc'n,

Ohio, Herbert F.

"" Apple, Edward M.'Ap'ple; and Gourley Darrcch,

-. executors of said Vincent Apple deccased My invention relates particularly-to. that of washing mach-ine comprising a framehavin mounted thereon a tubadapted to contain water and within which a perforated cylinder contain- .5 mg the clothes is revolved alternately in one and the other direction to agitate the contents thereof, and as the cylinder must needs have an openthruwh-ich the c-lothesmay be entered and removedand a lid tor keeping such opening closed during rotation and as the cylinder may preferablyv be disconnected from the power source to I bring it to rest,one object of my'invention is to provide .a. simple mechanism-whereby the cylinder. driving means may he -connected to the power source when desirable but maybe disconnected therefrom only when the lid covering the -opening in the cylinder isat the .top and in-the most 45 Figs. igand .5.

advantageous position, the disconnectin means serving further tokeep thecylinder locked-in such position while disconnected. Another, ob ject of my invention isto "provides. reversing mechanism having fewest parts consistent with eflectiveness and safety in operation. Another object is to so distribute the several parts of the mechanism about the frame as to maintain, a better state of equilibrium than is usually; found i-nmachinesof this type. Other objects will become apparent to those skilled in the art as the invention is describedin detail and reference is made to the drawings, wherein-- ,Fig.-1 is a plan view of machine. Fig. 2 is a cross section takenon ;line,2--2-o f Fig.6. 4 Fig. 3 is a cross section taken on line 3-3 of 3 Fig. 4 is a .front elevation of machine shown in outlineonly. I Fig. 5 is across section taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 6. Fig. 6 isa rig-ht thef gear case hand end viewfa cross section being taken the operatingmechanisni as on line 6- -6 of Figs. 4 and 5. o I Fig- '7 is a cross section taken on lineiL-"Tof Fig.3 is alft hand of the housing removed to show @the reversing means. f

Figs.- :9 9g and. -91) show the clutch mechanism drawn to alarger scale.

Figures 10, lland 12 show detail partsof the clutch mechanism. 7

Similar numerals refer to similar parts thruout the several views;

Referring to the .drawingsafframe'lo carries p y throughthe body-of the-pawl." end-view; with .a portion a tub .11 which containsthe water or other wajshing medium. A perito-rated cylinder 12.,isupportedat one end on pivot 13 and. at the other. end on theysquared end ofshatt 14 is thus adaptedto be revolved with-in the tub. Shaft 14 ismounted torevolvein bearing 15 whifchis part .ofhousing 16.. Pinion if? at the-{outer end of bearing l5 and within housing; 1-6 is adapted to drive shaft 14. bar 18 carries at one portion thereof rack teeth 19 adapted; to cngagethe teeth of pinion Wand at another :portion it hashearing on-crank pin 20 o a kfi i :C- n, on shait'22 supported in r-bearing 23 o-fghousing-'l 6.. 1 V q Shaft 22. is adapted to bedriven constantly in r the same directionto .renolvemran-k -21 "thereabout. .A ro1ler24 mounted 'on stud25 securely fastened, in housing; 1-.6 bears -m .curvedfgnoove 26 of'member iii to suitably hold the rack teeth 19 in contact with pinion 17 at any position of crankQ-l.

k 21'i;s securely mounted hi h. ar j;

readily. revolves.

crank 21,, crank pin 20 moves member 18 in one direction during substantially oneghalf revolue shaft to 'revo1ve. ;pinion 117. first'in one direction then in another.

JShaft 22 e t nd g horizontally under tub i1 is supportedin bearing 27 which is part of housing 28. Mountedfree Y within :housing 28 is.;-a driving member for the torevolyeyon shaft 22 and shaft '22..comprising abevel "gear 29 the web 80 of which is depressed and bored smooth as at 31 except ior .anotcht32 in the inner diameter. Securelyiastened to shaft was pawl carrier comprisingea hub 33 having arms 34 and 35 and a lug 36 extendingiherefrom- Arms 34 and 35 are bored at their outer-end to receive hinge pin 37. Free to rock on hinge pin 3'7 are' pawl 38 and pawl control M11139. I arm 39 are bodily revolvable about theshaft 22 by the pawl carrier. P-awl closely .fits .into notch .32. .An opening ,41 extends V Pawl control arm 39 has a lateral projection -42 extending loosely into pening '4l, providi-nga lost" motion con- 'nection between the; pawl 38andthe pawl control raised portion 44 of pawl'control arm'39 extends V outwardly therefrom and afspring 45 is held in 40= Pawl38 and pawl control 1 38 has a lug-40 which i compression between lug 46 of pawl control arm 39 and lug 36 of hub 33. Spring 45 urges pawl control arm 39 outwardly, pushing the lateral projection 42 against the outer side of opening 41, thus. urging pawl 38 outwardlyto press its lug '40 into the notch 32 of the constantly rotat-.

ing gear 29. V I

'A cam,47 having a stem '48 which has bearing "in housing 28 is adapted to be moved to one or the other of two'positions, the one position being shown inFig. 9 at 47 and the other in Fig. '9a

While I prefer "that shaft 55 be co-pending application Serial Number 285,369 it may be connected to any other power source placed anywhere about themachine if so desired;

In operation the-constantly rotating bevel gear 29 drives its notch 32 against the lug 40 of pawl,

38 and thereby turns shaft 22 byv means of pawl 38 which is mounted on the hub 33 securedto the'sh'aft."

47 to the position 47' Fig. 9a whereupon theraised portion 44 of pawl control arm 39,- revolving about shaft 22, will come into contact with, cam 47' to depress pawl'control arm 39; Pawlcontrol arm 39 then compresses spring 43, until its lateral projection 42 movesto the'opposite side of open- 7 ing 41 after which it will carry p'awlj38 withjit;

Further depression of pawl control' 'arm 39 then drags lug -40 from'notch 32 of'be'velfg ear 29until lug 40 is entirelydisengaged'from notch '32,

whereupon spring 43 will againexpand; thus moving the lug 40 entirely free from'surface 31 of gear 29,' whereupon shaft 22 will be at rest and the cylinder will cease" to revolve. I

,It will be noticed from the drawingsthat the several parts of themachine may be so arranged that at the instant the power is thus disconnected the opening 58in cylinder 12 will be on top and will be quickly returned by spring 45 into notch 32 to again revolve cylinder -12. I

" A tube 57 threaded at both ends joinsbearing 23' and 27 and encloses shaft 22 so that oilsup plied to one housing may gradually work thru tube 57 to'main'tain the supply in the other thus simplifying the oiling system and guarding against oil being depositedon any exposed portion of the'machine, and the weight of the mag chanical parts'being distributed over both ends of the'frame keeps the mach inein equilibrium when "a wringer of the swinging typeis brought to extend to'a position beyond the tub.

v Having described my invention, I claim:

1; Clutch mechanism comprising, in combine: tion, a driven shaft, a'drivingmember freely rotatable about said'shaft, fa;hi'n'ge pin bodily revolvable about said shaft', means rigidly secured tosaid shaft to supports'aid 'hingepin, a pawl and a pawl control a a h n d on Saidhinge pin,

. By means of a handle 53 secured to stem '48, cam 4'7 may be moved to one orthe other' position as desired. A bevel pinion 54 mounted on shaft55 having bearingin housing 28 drives I bevel gear 29.

'- connected to a power unit suchas I show in my When it is desired to stoposcillation' of cylinder 12 handle 53 is movedto bring cam .ily revolvable members "in a spring adapted tourge the free end of the pawl control arm outwardly away from the shaft, a

lateral projection on the first said pawl extending into an opening in the said pawl, said opening being'somewhat larger than said projection, a second spring adapted to urge said lateral projection outwardly againstthe outer side of said opening, a lug at the free endlof the-said pawl, a notch in the I freely rotatable driving member adapted to receive said lug, a'raised projection near the free end of the said pawl oontrolarm,

be manually extended into;

and a cam adapted to the orbit of said raised projection.

2. In combination, a frame, a rotatable shaft having bearing in said frame, a driving member rotatable freely on said shaft, and, mechanism for establishing'driving relation between said driving member and said shaft and for interrupting said driving relation always at the same predetermined point in the rotation of said shaft,

saidmechanism comprising a pawl "carrier'se-v cured to said shaft to revolve said shaft, a pawl hinge pin'in said carrier revolvable bysaid'ca rrier in anorbit about the axis of said shaftpa pawl' and a pawl control arm swingable side by side on said hinge pin, a cam mounted Qnsaidframe manually movable into and out of the orbit of said pawl control arm to push said'pawl control arm from said orbit, resilient means holdingithe free end'of said pawl'con'trol arm in its normal orbit, means connectingthe pawland pawl c0n-' trol arm whereby swinging of the pawl control arm swings-the pawl into and out of contact'with the drivingmemberpthere being lost motionin the connecting means whereby the pawl or pawl control armeach may without 'swinging the other, and resilient means carried bythe said pawl control arm tendingto swing the said pawl out of contactwith'the said driving member when said pawl control jarmjis being pushed from its orbit by saidcam;

, 3. In'combination, a drivable shaft, a driving" member freely rotatable on said shaft, and mech-' swing afllimiteddistance anism to connect said. drivingmember'to jsaid shaft to drive said shaft and to'disconnect said drivingmember from said shaft always-at the same position in the rotation of said shaft-said mechanism comprising, two members 1 bodily f revolvable in an orbit aboutthe axis ofsa'id shaft,

a carrier secured to said shaft to revolve in unison therewith and to carry said bodily revolvable members, resilient means urging one of said bedone direction out; of

its normal orbit, a stationary cam manually insertable into the orbit of the one said bodily revolvable member to push said member'opposite'ly out of its orbit, means'on said drivingmember' to engage the second said bodily revolvable member to carry said second bodily revolvable member around its said between the'two-bo'dily revolvable members, and resilient means interposedbetween the two'said bodily revolvable members urging the "secondsaid bodily revolvable member away from the engag ing means on said-driving member when 'thefirst' said bodily revolvable memberfds beingjypushed out of its orbit by said camg 1 VINCENT or; APPLEQI orbit, a lostmotion' connection CERTIFICATE 0F CORRECTIQN.

Patent No. 1, 95,912. March 26, 1935.

VINCENT G. APPLE, deceased; whose EXEGUTORS are HERBERT F. APPLE,

EDWARD M. APPLE, and GOURLEY DARROCH.

It is hereby certified that erroreppears in the printed specification of the above numbered patent requiring correction as follows: Page 2, second column, line 3, claim 1, strike out the word "first" and in the same line, after "pawl" insert the words control arm; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with these corrections therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Ofiice.

Signed and sealed this llth day oi June, A. D. 1935.

Leslie Frazer (Seal) Acting Commissioner of Patents. 

